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cycle

The time between one chemotherapy treatment session and the next.

Complementary therapies

Understanding Complementary Therapies booklet. Are they safe? Many complementary therapies have been evaluated and safe to use together with conventional cancer treatment and medicine. However, some complementary therapies can affect the way conventional treatment and medicine work, and even stop…

check-up

A medical appointment after treatment has finished. Also known as a follow-up.

active surveillance

When a person does not receive immediate treatment, but instead has their health monitored regularly.

fraction

The individual, usually once daily, dose of radiation that makes up part of a course of radiation therapy treatment.

arterial embolisation

A treatment for kidney cancer in which the artery that feeds the diseased kidney is deliberately blocked. This causes the kidney and the tumour inside it to die.

Share your cancer story

Have you or someone you love been touched by cancer? Help us give hope to Queenslanders affected by cancer by sharing your story. Stories like yours provide comfort and support to others whose lives have been touched by cancer. We…

chemoradiation

Treatment that combines chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

A type of radiation therapy whereby single or multiple beams of radiation sweep around the body, greatly reducing treatment time….